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Silent Storm type games
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Can anyone recommend me some? I'm really in the need for this kind of games and since I've only played this and Gorky 17 I think I have a lot to learn so please recommend me some games, free ones would be awesome
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There've been tonnes of "UFO: Alien something" games but I've never tried them so I don't know how good they are.
There's a remake or two of X-Com as well (freeware), that might be interesting.
Also, there was recently a freeware "Space Hulk" game released, and I'm actually enjoying that quite a bit, alothough it's not quite the squad level combat you're thinking of.
EDIT: Space Hulk link:
http://www.teardown.se/
Any other suggestions?
I believe Operation Darkness is a Japanese take on the Silent Storm kind of game, but I think it's for the 360. Personally, I just replay Silent Storm again when I get the urge.
Let 'em eat fucking pineapples!
Some of the remakes of X-Com are freeware. But there are a good number of them and they often are still releasing new beta versions so I don't really keep track of them.
Compared to Silent Storm, JA2 is much more strategic and has downplayed RPG elements, X-Com/UFO Defense is far more strategically and tactically focus with far fewer RPG elements (your troops are damn expendable in the first two), and Fallout Tactics has more RPG elements and looser strategy (no blowing up terrain, even with explosives).
They're pretty much the big 3 names in the genre beyond Silent Storm.
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Have you tried DOSbox? I know it was either that or some other DOS emulator thingy that let me run X-Com perfectly. Even had it's own preset config for the game.
...also extremely hard.
Tactics isn't really a sequel. It plays quite different.
There's more meaningful cover instead of occasional doorways you can duck behind.
You have control over all 6 characters in your squad.
Called shots are nerfed so those 6 characters don't become an eye-shot extermination squad.
Small arms have their AP costs reduced to 4 so you don't NEED 10 agility anymore to be able to fire most weapons twice in a round.
Lots more weapons and more ammo types for those.
Armor can affect stealth and other skills negatively.
Doctor and first aid are a lot more useful, restoring health fully. Stimpacks are nerfed in that you can't use them one after another in the inventory screen.
Maps are A LOT bigger and can have multiple stories. There's also rarely meaningful diplomacy, though stealth approaches are still useable.
The last one is the big change to the feel of the game IMO. You're not going out questing, you're being dropped into combat zones and fighting your way through.
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I just finished Jagged Alliance 2. I like it overall more than Silent Storm, but I appreciated that in SS everyone had a defined role early in the game. In JA2, I didn't specialize much until the late game when machineguns, mortars, and good silenced rifles became available. Also, the graphics are much easier on the eyes in Silent Storm. I don't remember the interface, but I found JA2's pretty annoying for grind work. When you play the game for 6 straight hours, things can get a little annoying.